1998 Ford Taurus

Tiny
REVOLUTION22
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1998 Ford Taurus

When my Taurus acellerates past 3RPMs my batt light flickers and the car seems to loose power. EX: If the headlights are on during acelleration they go dim. When I ease off the gas it goes back to normal. Problem has been getting increasingly worse over the past few weeks. I checked the connect to the battery and the battery itself is fairly new so why is this happening?
Monday, January 25th, 2010 AT 9:31 PM

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Tiny
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Could be weak or failing alternator or bad alternator drive belt. You should have alternator tested at local auto part store. Most do this for free.
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Monday, January 25th, 2010 AT 9:35 PM
Tiny
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Check the drive belt tension of the alternator if okay-pull the alternator and get it load tested.
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Monday, January 25th, 2010 AT 9:38 PM

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